John samuel johnston



(No llodol.)

J. S. JOHNSTON.

CAR SEAT.

(Application med Nov. 80, 1898.) V

P at ontad a 30,1899.

U TED STATES PATENT Orricn.

JOHN SAMUEL JOHNSTON, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE POTTIER & S'IYMUS COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CAR-SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 625,885, dated May 30, 1899. Application filed November 30, 1898. Serial No. 697,854. (No model-1 To all whom it; may concern: lower surface of the rocker, so that as the Be it known that I, JOHN SAMUEL JOHNsseat is shifted from front to rear or from rear TON, a citizen of the United States, residing to front the front edge will be raised, as illusat New York, State of New York, have intrated in dotted lines in Fig. 2. Supporting- 5 vented certain new and useful Improvements bars 9' are secured to these blocks. in Oar-Seats, of which the following is aspeci- Centrally on the inside of the supporting fication. bar 9 are pivoted foot-levers 10, the upper My invention relates to car-seats designed ends of which are also pivoted at 11 by a pin more particularly for ordinary railway-cars extending through elongated openings in the 10 and of that class in which the back is made rockers 8. The free ends of these levers 10 symmetrical and is shifted bodily without carry the foot-rest 12. The levers are slotted turning over from front to rear to change the longitudinally and transversely, as shown in direction of the seat. Fig. 2, and are connected to the lower ends The invention relates more particularly to of the striker-arms by means of a rod 13, 15 the shifting mechanism and to the locking which passes through the slots in both'of the mechanism. It is illustrated in the accomfoot-rest levers and is fixed in the ends of the panying drawings, in which striker-arms, as shown in Fig. 1. This con- Figure 1 shows a front elevation of the seat nection is such that when the back is in its norand its supports. Fig. 2 shows an end elemal position on eitherside the end wall of the 2o vation, partlyin section. Fig. 3 shows a vertransverse slot rests on the rod 13 and locks tical longitudinal section on line 00 0c of Fig. 2. the striker-arms,with the back, in place. This Fig. 4 shows an end view of the scat, illusremains in locked position until the foot-rest trating the support or rocker. is raised to bring the rod in line with the lon- As shown in the drawings,the back A,which gitudinal slot, when the seat may be pushed 25 is fitted on both sides to serve as a back-rest, is bodily from side to side, being carried upon carried by striker-arms 1, to which it is rig the blocks 3, which ride upon the curved idly secured by means of socket-plates 2, setrack-bars 4. The rod 13 rides up in the slot cured to each side edge of the back,into which and carries the levers, with the foot-rest, to the ends of the striker-arms extend. This conthe other side, the levers swinging onthe other 3o nection provides for the ready removal of the side into similar position and locking in the back when desirable; but to prevent-accisame manner as that shown in Fig. 2. The dental displacement should the car overturn same movement causes the lever, operating screws 2 are provided, which extend through upon its pivot as a fulcrum, to shift the seat openings in the plates into the striker-arms. in a direction opposite to the movement of 35 Each arm is held rigidly in a block or movthe back. able piece 3, having a curved groove or chany The section in Fig. 8 is drawn on a larger nel fitted to a curved track-bar 4:, supported scale and shows the construction at the leftat each end in a fixed position on the frame hand end of the seat. The support9'isshown I which supports the seat, there being one of in section. and the foot-rest lever pivoted to 40 these parts at each end. The block when at it at 16, the support being fitted, as before the end of the bar-as shown, for example, explained, to receive the angular rocker of in Fig. 2rests against a suitable stop, and the seat, and the pivotal connection of the upthus holds the back in fixed position. The per end of the foot-rest lever with the slot in seat is supported on standards 5 and 6. The the rocker is shown at 11. y 45 standard 5 supports an end beam 7 and the I claimarm-rest S, as well as the bar4. Each striker- 1. In combination with the seat, strikerarm 1 is formed, as shown in Fig. 1, to bring arms, a back supported on said striker-arms,

the lower ends underneath the end of the movable pieces from which the striker-arms seat. The seat B is provided with rockers S, extend downwardlyand curved ways on which 5o which rest upon blocks 9, having angular upsaid pieces move with a locking-lever engagper faces corresponding to the angular or ing with the lowerextended end of said strikerarm to ,prevent the movement of the strikerarms,until said locking-leveris released,substantially as described.

2. In combination, with the striker-arms of a shifting car-seat back, a foot-rest, levers carrying the same and having longitudinal and transverse slots, means on the strikerarms engaging the slots, whereby the arms are locked in either position of the back, and

means for supporting the striker-arms and foot-rest levers, substantially as described.

3. In combination, the supporting means, the striker-arms and back mounted thereon, a foot-rest, levers carrying the same and pivotally connected to the supporting means and locking means carried by the levers for looking the striker arms, substantially as described.

4. In combination in a car-seat, the supporting means, the striker-arms and back mounted thereon and arranged to be shifted from side to side of the seat, a locking device arranged below the seat to be operated by foot-powerhaving locking-slots, means'on the striker-arms engaging the slots for holding them in either of their adjusted positions, said locking device preventing shifting of the striker-arms and back from one side of the seat to the other until positively released, substantially as described.

5. In combination, the supporting means, the seat, the back and the shifting strikerarms mounted thereon, locking means in connection with the striker-arms, a foot-rest in connection with the locking means to operate the same, said foot-rest releasing the parts byan upward movement, substantially as described.

6. In combination, supporting means, the seat carried thereby,the back,the striker-arms supporting the back and shifting on the supporting means and a locking-lever engaging the seat and striker-arms to hold them in either position, said locking-lever being pivoted intermediate of its length to the support and shifting the seat in one direction when the seat-back and striker-arms are shifted in the other direction,substantially as described.

7. In combination, supporting means, the seat, the back, the shifting striker-arms supporting the back, a movably-supported footrest and locking connections between the same and the shifting parts to lock them in either position, substantially as described.

8. In combination, supporting means for the parts, the back, the seat, the striker-arms supporting the back, and the locking-lever pivoted to the supporting means having a longitudinal and a transverse slot, and a part on the striker-arm engaging the slot to hold it in either position against shifting from side to side of the seat, substantially as described.

9. In combination, the seat,,the back, the striker-arms supporting the back, the levers having longitudinal and transverse slots, a part on the striker-arms engaging the slots, said levers being pivoted intermediate of their length and having extensions to engage the seat and means for supporting the parts, substantially as described.

10. In combination, the supporting-frame, a back adapted to shift from side to side thereof, the striker-arms carrying the back,the connection between the striker-arms and the frame movable from side to side and a lever pivoted to the supporting-frame and having means for locking the lower ends of the strikerarms in one position and for releasing them when in another position, substantially as described.

11. In combination, supporting means, the seat thereon, the back, the striker-arms on which the back is supported, said arms being mounted on the supporting means, locking means connected with the striker-arms and a movable foot-rest in connection therewith.

12. In combination in a car-seat, the supportingframe, the seat and striker-arms mounted thereon, and locking means at each end of the seat to prevent shifting of the back and striker-arms, said locking means being arranged below the seat to be operated by foot-power substantially as described.

13. In combination in a car-seat, the supporting-frame,the seat and striker-arms thereon, locking means at each end of the seat and connecting means between the locking means to make the same operate in unison, said connecting means extending below theseat and accessible to the foot substantially as described.

14. In combination in a car-seat with the shifting parts thereof, a foot-rest, levers carrying the same and locking means between the levers and one of the shifting parts, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN SAMUEL JOHNSTON.

WVitnesses:

L. ALBERT ENGLEHARD, R. M. PAGE. 

